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Cricket, I am a geologist in the oil patch, and we've been saying "Drill here, drill now" since long before Newt jumped on the bandwagon. We were saying it when multimillion dollar rigs were sold for as little as $5,000 for scrap in the 80s, when drilling was in the doldrums in most of the '90s (even though horizontal drilling was being developed in those days--I worked my first horizontal well in 1990), and even when we started punching laterals in the Bakken over in the Elm Coulee Field in Montana in 1999 and 2000, we were advocating producing our own--not to mention the pipeline capacity to move it.

It's nice to have a presidential candidate on the bandwagon for a change, but right now, especially, it is patently obvious to anyone who looks at the economic devastation of policy changes after the Deepwater Horizon blowout, or who looks at the relative prosperity of States like North Dakota or Texas or parts of Pennsylvania that our resources, our skill in extracting them, and our industry are the bootstraps which will restore prosperity to this country, not ridiculous trade policies, environmental regulatory insanity, and not 'green' energy.

It doesn't hurt that Anthropogenic Global Warming has been exposed for the hoax it is, and the ferreting out of ulterior motives would peel the scabs off the festering corruption involved in trying to regulate and capitalize on regulations imposed because of the fraud.

But no matter how much you pour into the bucket, it'll never fill if the bottom is rotted out, and that's what we're dealing with.

Our Federal Government has spent over a trillion more dollars than we have every eight months in this administration on questionable programs, shaky 'investments', and likely lining the pockets of those in charge while breaking our laws wholesale.

We have whole Departments of the Federal Government which exist without Constitutional Authority, and the only way to cut spending is to cut--not play games with reductions in the rate of increase (democrat math) which claims that increasing the budget by only 5% instead of 10% is slashing the budget.

We're still headed in the wrong direction. Power is still being consolidated in DC, and our liberties disappear daily.

That has to stop, or there won't be any future to win. (And who came up with the "Winning the Future" phrase? WTF?)

We have two competitive candidates. Cannot recall Mitt discussing Obama's determined effort to kill America's 'will to oil'/natural gas or nuclear energy for that matter. Newt defends the above; and promises to dismantle the obstructions. Newt has offered time and time again; that 'developmental' energies/experimental be financed by private investment - not taxpayers - and that Washington Government/Leftist Government/Obama,Inc. must get out of the way of our 'future' and stop their damaging our national security through their destructive energy policies. He is entirely supportive of our mining/drilling our own resources. And is mindful what China is doing; as we sleep on this.

Newt has stated that he will take Washington out of the way; so that we can move forward/now.

Have not seen Mitt go there; but who knows; maybe he has - on occasion - or will; but think he waits for 'another voice' to speak; before he opines or takes a 'leadership' position. So who knows; what really will be his solutions.

None of these candidates perfect; for those who can name one; even in history; please do. We have critical choices, meantime.

'That said'. . .you are absolutely right on per your analysis and worth repeating:

/Our Federal Government has spent over a trillion more dollars than we have every eight months in this administration on questionable programs, shaky 'investments', and likely lining the pockets of those in charge while breaking our laws wholesale.

We have whole Departments of the Federal Government which exist without Constitutional Authority. . .

We're still headed in the wrong direction. Power is still being consolidated in DC, and our liberties disappear daily.

Thanks; good read. (And we should not forget just 'where' Labor is located. Obama and Richard Trumka can send 'hand signals'. . .)